St Leonard’s Nursery was originally established in Queen Street, Feilding in 1874 by Henry Worsfold. In 1937 Bill Pedley (Clem’s father) purchased the business and it was renamed. Today Pedleys Nursery is still proudly a family-owned business with a passion for all things gardening.
Expert Knowledge & Advice
Our friendly and knowledgeable staff are always happy to assist with helpful advice and caring service. Whether it’s seasonal planting, an issue with garden nasties, greenhouse know-how, vegetable gardening tips and tricks, what to feed or how to plant our friendly team are happy to help. Gardening is what we know and love!
Locally Grown
We produce a wide variety of vegetable plants & flowering annuals on site; and our garden centre is stocked with an array of fruit trees, roses, shrubs, climbers, specimen trees & perennials from specially selected growers who we believe are also known for the quality of their plants.
News From The Back Frame
Whether it’s Clem or Fay’s latest gardening tips, or just a wee snippet from Smokey (the nursery cat) this is the place to pop back to often. We’ll keep you up to date with what’s nearly ready for planting, reminders for your seasonal garden maintenance and sneak peeks at our new stock! Click on any of the Post titles below or head to On The Grapevine to find out more.
Potted Polyanthus
Fancy some Instant colour for Pots and garden beds, Our Famous Polyanthus are now in Flower with Beautiful bold colours to choose from, you wont be disappointed with these beauties.
🍓 Bare-rooted Camarosa Strawberry Plants 🍓
Camarosa strawberries, a short-day variety, produce a main crop in December. Known for their flavourful, firm fruit and disease resistance, they thrive in well-drained, sunny spots. Optimal growth can be achieved with Nitrosol and seaweed fertilizer. Due to high demand last year, secure your plants promptly to avoid missing out.
Feijoas – We Either Love ‘Em or Hate ‘Em
Packed full of vitamins, feijoas are incredibly versatile and can be used in baking, desserts, preserves, salsas as well as savoury cooking. Ever since their introduction to NZ in the 1920s, horticulturalists have developed new feijoa varieties and they are, quite honestly, one of the easiest fruit to grow! When the fruit is at its …
What’s Growing On
The garden centre is busy and there is always something new to see. To give you an idea of what’s in store and what is coming ready soon, take a look at what we stock. Note that this is a work in progress and Smokey is working hard to update this area of our new website.
